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groover

noun
/ˈɡɹuːvə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From groove + -er.

  1. derived from *gʰrebʰ-✻ — “to dig, scrape, bury”
  2. inherited from *grōbō✻ — “groove, furrow”
  3. inherited from *grōbu✻
  4. derived from groeve — “furrow, ditch”
  5. derived from gróf — “pit”
  6. inherited from grov
  7. suffixed as groover — “groove + er”

Definitions

  1. One who grooves, or enjoys rhythmic music.

    • "Saturday Groovers" relishes in smelling "the smoke from the lungs of the Saturday groovers" with jubilant, T. Rex-like swagger, then situates the reminiscence in a present fraught with "heart disease and gout." "

  2. A groovy piece of music.

    • However, the title track is a total groover about the mass media's pimping of punk rock.

  3. A miner.

    • It [ore] is generally cloathed with a substance which the groovers call Crootes, and is a soft, mealy, white stone
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A device that makes grooves in surfaces.

    2. A small portable toilet often used on multiday river trips in protected wilderness areas,…

      A small portable toilet often used on multiday river trips in protected wilderness areas, so named because the original versions were metal boxes whose rims left a groove in the skin of the user.

    3. A surname.

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